Heavenly Blonde
Zest Brewery in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England 🏴
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
5.73
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Packed with zesty, super-refreshing tropical fruits.
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Lovely and bitter, but rather warm
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Jun 2023
at 15:51
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask at Lych Gate, Wolverhampton – as Zest Heavenly Blonde Pours a pale yellow with a small white head and good lacing. Nose has corn and cereals, plus some hops. In the mouth the watery texture becomes clear. Taste is citrus and lemon with a hint of malts. Finish is slow to develop (you have to wait) but eventually there is a bit of bitterness. An OK beer, but nothing special.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Mar 2020
at 23:04
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
4/10/2018. Bottle from Crafty Bottle, Lincoln. Pours golden with a small off-white head. Aroma of malt, hops, fruit, caramel and flowers. Medium sweetness, light to moderate bitterness. Moderate body, slight oily texture, soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Oct 2018
at 15:40
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
GraviCask, shared with Finn at Camra’s National Winter Ales Festival. Clear yellow-gold body. Filmy layer. Lemony hops on the nose. Fruit hoppy taste, very dry. Mild bittersweet endnotes. Watered mouth feel. Pretty average (The Roundhouse, Derby 19.02.2016).
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Mar 2016
at 02:20
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Fra cask/gravity på NWAF i Derby 19 Feb 16. Delt med Rune. Lys gyldengul. Filmskum. Lett metallisk aroma. Smaken mer metall. Kjedelig.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Mar 2016
at 04:19
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Håndpumpet half pint på John Bair (Muswell Hill, London): kompetent blondine med lett anstrøk av tropiske frukter. Men med så mange slike blondiner blir de fort uinteressante.
Tried
on 31 Oct 2015
at 15:18
5.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
330ml bottle from Beers of Europe. Pours clear pale yellow, thin white head. Aromas are soapy and lemony. Taste is very bitter and dry, more soapiness. Not very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2015
at 14:03
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
Half-pint at the 2014 Lincoln Beer Festival. Pours a light golden blond colour with a thin white head, lager like in fact. Pink grapefruit and lemon flavours in this citrus heavy brew: not my sort of thing.
Tried
on 25 May 2014
at 23:27
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tried at the CAMRA Lincoln beer festival 2014. Since tried at the Yhree Horseshoes Waddington. Golden colour with a white head. Light floral and citrus aroma. Light sweet taste.
Tried
on 24 May 2014
at 03:17
5.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
On cask at the Grosvenor. Appearance - hazy golden with a proportionate head. Nose - dry and chalky. A hint of lemon. Taste - dry and completely lacking in generosity. Palate - light bodied with a dry texture and a long dry finish. Overall - there’s nothing heavenly a bout this blonde. She is a more akin to a battle axe.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Apr 2014
at 06:19